diff --git a/academic/HMMER/HMMER.SlackBuild b/academic/HMMER/HMMER.SlackBuild
index 31412857ed..923c84093c 100644
--- a/academic/HMMER/HMMER.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/HMMER/HMMER.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for HMMER
 
-# Copyright 2016-2021 Petar Petrov slackalaxy@gmail.com
+# Copyright 2016-2023 Petar Petrov slackalaxy@gmail.com
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=HMMER
-VERSION=${VERSION:-3.3.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-3.4}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | gr
 find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
 for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done
 
+chmod 0644 $PKG/usr/man/man1/*
+
 # Include some tutorial examples
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/$PRGNAM
 cp -a testsuite tutorial $PKG/usr/share/$PRGNAM
diff --git a/academic/HMMER/HMMER.info b/academic/HMMER/HMMER.info
index 3d8efe947b..6e938301df 100644
--- a/academic/HMMER/HMMER.info
+++ b/academic/HMMER/HMMER.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="HMMER"
-VERSION="3.3.2"
+VERSION="3.4"
 HOMEPAGE="http://hmmer.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://eddylab.org/software/hmmer/hmmer-3.3.2.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="ea03d88b4e8228a1dc6d84d56af27195"
+DOWNLOAD="http://eddylab.org/software/hmmer/hmmer-3.4.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="b1ed21ceea33930222c84f8c4d9f4240"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""